I’ll give him the message as soon as he gets home.

課文
Maggie：Hello, this is Maggie. Can I speak to David, please？
瑪姬：妳好，我是瑪姬。請問大衛在嗎？
Ellen：I’m afraid he’s at soccer practice. Do you want to leave a message？
艾倫：恐怕他現在正在練足球。妳要留言嗎？
Maggie：Yes, can you tell him that tonight’s study group will be held at Lisa’s house instead of mine？
瑪姬：是的，可以請妳轉告他今晚的讀書會地點改在麗莎家，而不在我家嗎？
Ellen：Sure, I’ll let him know.
艾倫：沒問題，我會告訴他。
Maggie：It’s really important that he gets the message. I wouldn’t want him to flunk his math test tomorrow.
瑪姬：這真的很重要，請務必讓他知道這個訊息。我不希望他明天的數學考試沒通過。
Ellen：Sure, I’ll give him the message as soon as he gets home.
艾倫：好的，他一回家我就會告訴他這個留言。

單字片語

●I’ll give him the message as soon as he gets home.（他一回家我就會告訴他這個留言。）
為了讓來電者放心，可以如關鍵句所述「一回家就告訴他」，向他保證會「儘快」轉達留言給對方。你還可以使用以下說法：
I’ll make John call you back as soon as he gets into the office.（約翰一進辦公室，我就會請他回電給你。）

關鍵字彙與片語

●practice n.練習，訓練
bat vi.揮棒
例：We often do some batting practice before our baseball games.（我們在棒球比賽前通常都會先練習揮棒。）
●flunk vt.沒通過（考試）
例：If Cindy flunks chemistry again, she might get thrown out of school.（如果這次辛蒂化學再不及格，她可能會被退學。）